Folding bed



F. A. UPTEGROVE.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.12. m9;

1,325,218. Patented 1110.111919.

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ATTORNEY F. A. UPTEGROVE.

.FOLDING BED.

APLlcATloN man AuG. 12. |919.

A1 ,325,218. Patented Dec. 16,1919.

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l BY f ATTORNEY Nil FRANK A. UPTEGROVE, OF POBTLAN D, OREGON.

FOLDING BED.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Application led August 12, 1919. Serial No. 316,975.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. Ur'renovn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented '-a new and useful Folding Bed, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to beds which can be tilted into a wall recess.

Besides other objects and advantages as will appear hereafter from the specification, I deslre to furnish a bed which not only combines rigidity with great ease of operation, but also permits a certain amount of lateral swing to the foot end, so that access to both sides of the bed may be gained though the recess in the wall should be close to one corner of the room-an inestimable advantage in any bed room, but especlally in smaller apartments where husbanding of space is imperative.

I attain these objects with the mechanlsm illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure I is a plan view of the entire mechanism; Fig. II, a side elevation of Fig. I; Fig. III, a partial view of Fig. II, illustrating the appearance of the head end 1n folded position; Fig. IV, a section through the pivotal point at the line a/- in F 1g. I; Fig. V, a section alon the line b-b in Fig. I; and finally Fig. Vil, a section along the line 0 0 in Fig. II, showing the manner of lockin the link to the underframe.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

When opened for occupancy the appearance of my folding bed is illustrated by Figs. I and II and, referring at present especially to the last-named figure, we have within the wall recess 1 two brackets 2, one on each side of the bed. These brackets have one leg bolted to the floor and the other to the wall. livotally secured to the ioor leg at 3 is a strut 4 which, at the upper end. supports an angle iron frame, hereafter referred to as underframe 5. The connection 6 between stlut and underframe may be accomplished by any suitable pivotal means. To balance the underframe on the strut, there is a tension member or link 7 pivoted at 8 to the wall leg and with the `other end 9 attached to the underframe 5 in the manner detailed in Fig. VI. Here the casting 10 is riveted to the angle iron of the underframe 5 and has a which case the rounded side of the link will be forced out of the roove and will ride on the high edges of sai groove.

The underframe 5 is bent of angle ir'on and has, in plan view, three straight sides at rightangles to each other, but the fourth side 12 is curved circularly with its central point in the lug 13 attached to the head end of the underframe.

This underframe 5 supports the head end of an ordinary bed frame 14, while the foot end'of the bed is supported on hinged posts 15av which can be foldedinward when the bed is tilted into the recess 1.

Attached to the bed frame 14 is a curved piece of angle iron 15 which glides on the side 12 of the underframe. The center for this angle iron 15 is located in a lug 16 riveted to the head end of the bed frame 14; and, by connecting both centers with a bolt 17, we obtain a pivotal point which permits the foot end of the bed to be shifted laterally as indicated by the dotted lines 18 in Fig. I.

To lift the underframe 5 with the bed frame 14 there is, by means of casting 19, a flanged roller 20 attached to the angle iron 15. (See Fig. V). This roller rides on the edge of the angle iron 12 and permits lateral displacement of the bed frame 14, but a separation of the two angle irons 12 and 15 is revented by the flange 21 of the roller 20.

owever, to prevent an accidental shifting of the bed during the process of tilting it into the recess l, the angle iron 12 of the underframe is slotted at the center line of the bed and, by permitting the roller 20 to drop into the slot, the bed frame will be securely locked to the underframe. Yet 'no such locking could take place without varying the location of the pivotal point in the lu 13 and 16, and for this purpose I employ the mechanism detailed in Fig. IV.

The pivotal bolt 17 remains stationary in regard to its own lug 16 but slides within the slot 22 of the lug 13 whenever the bed frame 14 is pulled in the direction of that slot. The spring 23, housed within the lug 13, will automatically -insure a return of bolt 17 to normalv position when the 4roller 20 dro ys into the slot of the an le iron 12.

o assist in raising-the oot end of the bed, a tension spring .24 is attached to the underframe on each side of the bed.- The lower end of said tension spring may be secured by a chain or cord 25 to the oo leg. The vertical frame 26 at the head end of the bed is hinged at 27, but prevented from folding inward by a rod 28 which. engages slidably an eye 29 at 'the top of the vertical frame. The upper end of the rod isA held in position by a chain or cord 30 reaching from the wall to the rod, while the lower end is hinged to the wall directly.

Y If the pivotal point 8 of vthe link 7 were unchangeable, and the floorl at the oot end of the bed should happen to be uneven, it 1 might prevent a true alinement and sulficient lock between casting l() andlink 7 ther consequence would be a disagreeable noise and vibration of the b ed whenever the occurpant should stir in his bed. For this reason .the pivot'8 of the link 7 moves within a slotl in the wall leg, and a sufficient lock between link and underframe is always assured.

In Fig. III the essential parts of the mechanism are shown in their folded position. Strut 4, underframe 5 and bedframe 14 have assumed a vertical position; the.

tension spring 24 has contracted and depends freely from the underframe; the link 7 has beenforced from a horizontal toan inclined position, riding with its end 9 onv the high edges of the grooved casting 10; the vertical frame 26 has folded inward,

which permits the rod 28 to assume a position parallelv with the wall and to leave room 'for the. bedding. The bed posts at tlie foot end have, of course, also4 folded, a/nd the recess may be closed by a door or otherwise.

An vadditional advantage of this invention is the' fact that it can be attached without much difficulty to most of thve` existing bedframes.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen that my objects have been accom lished and, though I`have shown the pre erred form of construction, I reserve to myself the right to make minor changes,

providing I do not violate the spirit and principle of my invention.

1. In afolding bed, the combination of a bedframepivotally'mounted at the head end Vfor oscillation within the plane of its frame and also for oscillation at right angles to said plane, with an auxiliary frame attached to the head end of the bed frame, said auxiliary frame following the oscillation of the'bed frame at right angles to its plane, and having suitable supporting means Vattached to thesides of said auxiliary frame.

2. In a folding bed, the combination of a -modate themselves to the'varying positions of -bed frame and auxiliary frameV during the' vertical oscillation.

In a folding bed, the combination of an oscillating horizontal bed frame, a horizontal underframe movably attached to the head lend of the bed frame,corner brackets attached to Wall and floor, connecting means between said brackets and theunderframe capable of following the-oscillation of the bed frame from a horizontal-to a vertical position and vice versa.

4;. In a folding bed, the combination of a bed frame, an underframe at one end of the bed frame, stationary brackets at b oth sides of the underframe, vstrut connection from the brackets to the underframe, link 'connection between brackets and underframe, said .strut and link connection enabling bedframe .stationary brackets withina wall recess, a

swinging frame supported on the brackets, said swinging frame having three straight sides and one curved side, the center to the curved side located in' a lug attached to the straight side opposite thecurved' side, a slot within said lug,a coil spring housed within the lug, a pin slidably secured within the slot and exerting pressure on the pin, a bed 'frame superimposed on the swinging frame, having a curved angle iron extending acrossthe frame, the center to said curved angle iron located in aforesaid pin and permitting sliding as well as pivotal 'motion to the bed frame, said bed frame being capable of assuming a vertical as well as horizontal posi'- tion within the brackets.

6. In a folding bed, the combination of'a swinging frame adapted to support one end of a bed frame, struts from the floor to the swinging frame supporting the latter at two adjacent corners, links from the wall to the swinging frame interlocking with grooved castings at thetwo remaining-corners of the swinging frame to balance the latter rigidly in'its horizontal position, but releasing the lock when the frameis swung into vertical position.

7. In a folding bed, the combination of a bed frame having a curved member across the width intermediate the two ends, having a flanged roller attached to the middle of the curved member, having a pivot at the end of the bed frame centrally to the curved member, with an underframe having one side curved to serve as track for the corresponding member of the bed frame and its flanged roller, having a slot in the middle of the curved side to seat the flanged roller and to lock the bedframe against lateral movement, and having a pivot at the end of the underframe centrally to the curved side and permitting the bed frame to oscillate 10 laterally when released from the lock.

Signed by me at Portland, Oregon, this 6th day of August, 1919.

FRANK A. UPTEGROVE. 

